February 09, 2004

"The biggest tragedy of this campaign, in a world where the U.S. is an unchallenged global empire, is that it matters a great deal to the rest of the world who occupies the White House -- but only we get to vote. (If the whole world had voting powers, there's not much doubt who'd lose.) Decisions made in Washington that most of us never hear about routinely have a profound effect on the daily lives of people in countries most Americans couldn't find on a map.

"We as U.S. citizens have a responsibility to those people to choose not only a leader that's best for America, but one that's best for the world. "